Kiri Tamte-Horan is the Director of Digital Operations at Vici, and oversees the stellar Philadelphia Operations team through the development, implementation, and reporting of all digital campaigns. Kiri has managed hundreds of campaigns spanning Display, Video, and Social platforms, and has generated countless calls and conversions for clients across the country. Kiri is certified in Google Tag Manager and Acquisio, as well as Google AdWords Fundamentals and Display Advertising. Additionally, Kiri has a certification from Disney Institute’s Leadership Excellence. Kiri was the campaign manager for an award winning Digital Campaign as awarded by the Maryland Tourism Council in 2015.
Digital display advertising is great. It allows you to show potential customers more than just a few words. It is this style of advertising that tends to better engage viewers. However, creating an effective display ad is not always the easiest thing to do. Sure, it has become A LOT easier to actually create the ads, thanks to the online freelance community who use sites such as fiverr.com and elance.com, but it often takes more than one version of an ad to find the most effective one. One way to go about finding the most effective ad is to test it against other versions of the same ad
There are two common testing methods that are used religiously within the digital advertising community: A/B and Multivariate. A/B testing is pretty self-explanatory. You choose one variable within an ad, and change the way it looks, reads, or interacts with the viewer. Once you select your variable, you can run the ads at the same time, in the same places, and see which one gets more clicks. Multivariate testing, on the other hand, is the process of testing multiple combinations of variables across many ads to help produce more complex results. These tests are often run by very large companies that have the capital and manpower to create, run, and interpretthe data these tests yield. For most ad campaigns, A/B testing is just as effective in determining which ad generates more interest and interaction
When conducting an A/B test with display ads, almost every aspect of the ad can be a variable. Here are a few of the most common variables our customers use
Ad Design: Test which colors, images, and ad size works best
Ad Copy: Try different verbiage and style of writing
Ad CTA: CTA or Call to Action buttons can make a big difference. Find out if position, color, and size make a difference
Ad Targeting and Ad Networks: Use different ad networks and behavioral categories to find out where your audience is interacting with your ads
Ad testing can be the difference between a good and a great campaign. By understanding how your audience interacts with your ads and where they interact with them, you can develop a better ad, which will lead to a better ROI. To learn more about the next step of A/B testing, the actual test, click here. In this article, Alexandria Mancini covers the actual testing process, as well as when you can expect your test to yield actionable results.
